machinate
11machinate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. plot, plan. See cunning. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end: collude, connive, conspire, intrigue, plot, scheme. See CRIMES, PLANNED …
12machinate — mach·i·nate || mækɪneɪt v. contrive, manipulate, plot …
13machinate — [ makɪneɪt, maʃ ] verb engage in plots; scheme. Derivatives machination noun machinator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as machination): from L. machinat , machinari contrive , from machina (see machine) …
14machinate — v. a. Plan, contrive, form, plot, scheme, devise …
15machinate — v scheme, plot, conspire, intrigue, complot; maneuver, Sl. wheel and deal, manipulate, pull strings, Inf. finagle, Inf. wangle, manage, Sl. pull off; contrive, devise, make up, trump up, fabricate, Sl. hoke up; brew, concoct, hatch, invent, come… …
16machinate — mach·i·nate …
17machinate — mach•i•nate [[t]ˈmæk əˌneɪt, ˈmæʃ ə [/t]] v. i. v. t. nat•ed, nat•ing to plot, esp. with malevolent purpose • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L māchinātus, ptp. of māchinārī to invent, devise artfully mach′i•na tor, n …
18machinate — /ˈmæʃəneɪt / (say mashuhnayt), /ˈmækəneɪt / (say makuhnayt) verb (t) (machinated, machinating) to contrive or devise, especially artfully or with evil purpose. {Latin māchinātus, past participle} –machinator, noun …
19machinate — v.intr. lay plots; intrigue. Derivatives: machination n. machinator n. Etymology: L machinari contrive (as MACHINE) …
20Machinated — Machinate Mach i*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Machinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Machinating}.] [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See {Machine}.] To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive… …
